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“The majority of my work is from life. I spend most fine days from May to October painting outside.”

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And he that will this health deny, down among the dead men let him lie.

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And see the rivers how they run Through woods and meads, in shade and sun, Sometimes swift, sometimes slow, Wave succeeding wave, they go…

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The most amazing thing to me about the sea is the tide. A harbour like St. Ives is totally transformed in a very short…

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I love the sea's sounds and the way it reflects the sky. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable. This, combined with…

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“A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter’s day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the…

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During the winter when the weather is too poor to work outside, I do use drawings and photographs, but I change my work so…

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I paint what I see, not what a camera would see.

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I still take photographs for my own use, personal studies. I do not feel that I can fully express my views through the medium…

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I have improved the way in which I paint. The colours are cleaner and there is more energy in the brush work.

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On my return to Cornwall I discovered that I was living in a tropical paradise. For now I am content to explore my own…

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I studied for my degree in London and consequently ended up spending five years away from Cornwall. I deliberately moved away from the coast…

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I use a wide selection of colours. It is impossible to produce work like mine using only the primary colours as they only mix…

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To hurry through the rise and fall of a fine, full sentence is like defying the role of time in human life.

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The Germans will make a few scattered attacks, then go away. The Romans will enjoy a fine September.

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Just be what it is that you are, and that is just fine. You don't have to be what you're not in any way.…

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But I saw the pain and sadness in everything, and swirled it round my mouth like a fine wine.

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- You look fine. - Right. I look fine. Except I don't, said Zora, tugging sadly at her man's nightshirt. This was why Kiki…

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Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power…

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It's fine to talk about politics with people you agree with. But it is rude to argue about politics with people you disagree with.…

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School plays are fine. Theater in school is fine.

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